Benediction

April 6, 2014

One of my habits at church is to write flash-poetry for the closing benediction, attempting to incorporate the ideas expressed by those participating in the service. These ideas are often at odds with one another, so the poems are usually a tapestry of diversity. Today, someone suggested I post the results for NaPoWriMo.

go forth into the mystery
torn between belief and unbelief
fantastical stories presented as plain fact

trying to trust
a God who makes beautiful things out of dust
and dust out of beautiful things

death, undone by life
prayer for eyes to see
everyday resurrection all around